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Psalms 17:11
“They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אָשֻׁרʼâshur · aw-shoor'
H838 · Hebrew
H838 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a step
- Derivation
- or אַשֻּׁר; from H833 (אָשַׁר) in the sense of going;
- KJV renderings
- going, step.
- Grammar
- אַ֭שֻּׁרֵי — common noun, feminine, plural, construct
- נוּ — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 9 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 23:11Job 31:7Psalms 17:5Psalms 37:31Psalms 40:3
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אָשֻׁר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.